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gratitude, chastity, and hatred of infidelity, of the Stork — Its 

 physical structure — Its food — * Live fish' — Feeding the nest- 

 lings—Visits of the Stork to the nests of Wild Ducks — 

 Traditions connected with the White Stork — The Black 

 Stork — Its habits — Colonel Montagu's specimen — Mode of 

 cooking the Stork — The * Adjutant' — The Stork family — 

 General remarks p. 22 



CHAPTER IV. 



Africa, the country of wonders — Phoenixes and Winged Serpents 

 — The Giraffe — The Hippopotamus at Cairo — Pea-fowl sent 

 to Africa as a present to the Xing of Dahomy — Expected 

 additions to the Zoological Society's collection — The Ehino- 

 ceros— Cause of its death— The African Elephant — Dimen- 

 sions given by Major Denham — Manner of hunting the 

 Elephant — Faust — The Hippopotamus — Its osteological 

 organization — Dissection of a Hippopotamus calf — Voracious 

 appetite of the Hippopotamus — Voice of the animal — Shooting 

 excursion — The skin converted into an instrument of torture 

 — Barbarous punishment of offenders — Supposed enmity of 

 the Hippopotamus and the Crocodile — The Hippopotamus a 

 master of the healing art p. 40 



CHAPTER V. 



A freezing Spring — The American Barn-Swallow — Its nest — 

 Superstition regarding the Swallow — The Chimney- Swallow 

 — Courage of the Purple Martin — ^Extraordinary migration 

 of birds into Pennsylvania from the South — The Enghsh 

 Swallow — Process of taming described by the Eev. W. 

 Trevelyan — Multitudes of insects destroyed by the Swallow — 

 Ancient traditions — Singular medicinal properties ascribed to 

 the Swallow — The Wood Swallow, or Be-wowen of the Abori- 

 gines of Western Australia — Pleasing habits of the Wood- 



